Vive la France! Debussy & Saint-Saint-Saëns (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 37)

Featuring

Sergei Redkin
Jamina Gerl
Mao Fujita
Inga Fiolia
Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto
Soraya Mafi

Graham Johnson
François Le Roux
Sarah Fox
Mi-Sa Yang
Victor Julien-Laferrière
Théo Fouchenneret
Liza Ferschtman
Benjamin Moser
Adrian Pinzaru
Andreas Moscho
Georgy Kovalev
Miriam Prandi
delian::quartett
Claude Debussy
Camille Saint-Saëns
Ernest Chausson

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Performer Biography

François Le Roux, a renowned French classical singer, was named Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1996 and was selected as Musician Personality of the Year by the Circle of French Music Critics in 1997.

Performer Biography

Graham Johnson, a vocal accompanist, was awarded the Ruhr Piano Festival's Annual Prize in 2001 for his life's work and gave his 50th recital at the Festival in 2018.

Performer Biography

Victor Julien-Laferrière, a cellist, won First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2017 and was named Best Instrumental Soloist at the Victoires de la Musique (the French 'Grammys') in 2018.

Performer Biography

The delian::quartett, named after the Greek god Apollo, quickly rose to international prominence after their 2009 debut at the Berlin Philharmonie, receiving standing ovations.

Instruments

Adrian Pinzaru of the delian::quartett plays a violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, and Andreas Moscho plays a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, both on generous loan.